Hong Kong’s Covid-19 woes show administrators alone cannot solve crises

As Mike Enright, his wife Edith and I were putting the finishing touches on our book The Hong Kong Advantage in the spring of 1997, we were spending a lot of time analysing how Hong Kong would weather the transition from British to Chinese control.While we were dismissive of reports of the “death of Hong Kong” – complete with images of mainland troops pouring over the border and mainland officials swiftly grabbing the levers of power despite promises of a “high level of autonomy” – we were…

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